Free Standard Showdowns on Sundays from July 23rd through September 10th

If you want to know more about these events, but don’t feel like clicking on all of the links, no worries! Scroll down and you will find a description of each event type below:

Hour of Devastation Open House
[Saturday, July 1st from 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm]

This is a free event where new players are encouraged to attend free teaching sessions from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Our resident Magic experts will provide new players with decks and teach them the game. Veteran players are encouraged to come out to enjoy casual league style play throughout the day. All participants, new and veteran, will receive special promotional cards.

After the teaching sessions are done, all players are invited to stick around and enjoy some casual league-style play from 3:00 pm until 8:00 pm!

Hour of Devastation Pre-Release Weekend Events [July 8th-9th]

Once you’ve brushed up on your skills during the Open House, it is time to get ready for our Hour of Devastation Pre-Release events!

Packs for All Prizing: These tournaments last for four rounds of Swiss Play. Participants in this format win one Hour of Devastation pack for each round they score a match win. Even if a player wins no matches, they will still receive one extra pack. [Players with undefeated records will walk away with a total of 4 extra packs.]

Sealed Box Prizing: The number of rounds for this tournament is determined by the number of participants. 1st place receives a sealed booster box of Hour of Devastation! Extra packs are awarded to other players based on the final standings. The more players that participate, the further down the standings we are able to prize.

In addition to the extra packs of Hour of Devastation you can win at each event, we will also be awarding cool door prizes to randomly selected participants. Door prizes include, but are not limited to, promotional posters and standees from previous Magic: The Gathering sets!

Follow any of the three links below to reserve your spot in your preferred pre-release events:

Amonkhet Draft Weekend is your chance to build up your Amonkhet collection while enjoying draft format play with the local Magic community! Not only that, for each draft weekend event you participate in you will receive a special dated foil promo card!

Join the Fanfare Hour of Devastation League to play with other members of the Magic community and have some fun!

League play is a fun way to build up a collection of the new set and enjoy casual play.

The league will run on Tuesdays from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm starting on July 18th through August 8th.

The Hour of Devastation League works as follows:

Players may join the league at any time. The league will run for a 4 week period.

To join the league, inform a Fanfare employee. You will then purchase 2 Hour of Devastation booster packs and 1 Amonkhet pack from which you can build a 30 card minimum deck (we provide land). In addition to the packs, you will also receive a special league card storage box, league card to track your matches, and a special promotional 4-sided die.

Every week, players will add a booster pack (either Amonkhet or HOD) to their pool, rebuilding as often as players would like. Players can also add a booster after three losses.

Matches consist of a single game. Each player gets one free mulligan at the start of the game.

Players will play against each other, earning Planeswalker Points and, of course, bragging rights.

Additional prizes will be awarded for various achievements over the course of the league.

These events will be held on Sundays at 12:00 pm between July 23rd and September 10th.

[Please note: There is no Standard Showdown event on the Sunday of August 6th]

Prizing for this event comes in the form of special Standard Showdown Promotional Booster Packs! These packs include chances at mythics, full art lands, and premium cards from Standard Legal sets!

Everyone who plays receives 1 free Standard Shodown Promo Pack! You can also earn additional packs for the following:

Being a player who is new to Magic (playing at a Showdown as your first official event)

Bringing along a player who is new to Magic (bringing someone who has not played at an official event)

Going undefeated in the day’s tournament

This is a FREE event! Grab your deck, come out and have some fun!

Hour of Devastation Game Day [Saturday, August 5th at 10:00 am]

Bring your best Standard deck and compete to become the Game Day Champion of Fanfare. Top finishers earn special prizes, including full-art promo cards and a playmat for the winner. All participants receive a special promo card!

That’s a whole lot of Magic fun! We hope to see you at some or all of these awesome events. Read on for more information about each of the event types:

Amonkhet Open House [Saturday, April 15th from 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm]

This is a free event where new players are encouraged to attend free teaching sessions from 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm. Our resident Magic experts will provide new players with decks and teach them the game. Veteran players are encouraged to come out to enjoy casual league style play throughout the day. All participants, new and veteran, will receive special promotional cards.

After the teaching sessions are done, all players are invited to stick around and enjoy some casual league-style play from 3:00 pm until 8:00 pm!

Amonkhet Pre-Release Events [April 22nd-23rd]

Once you’ve brushed up on your skills during the Open House, it is time to get ready for our Amonkhet Pre-Release events!

Packs for All Prizing: These tournaments last for four rounds of Swiss Play. Participants in this format win one Amonkhet pack for each round they score a match win. Even if a player wins no matches, they will still receive one extra pack. [Players with undefeeated records will walk away with a total of 4 extra packs.]

Sealed Box Prizing: The number of rounds for this tournament is determined by the number of participants. 1st place receives a sealed booster box of Amonkhet! Extra packs are awarded to other players based on the final standings. The more players that participate, the further down the standings we are able to prize.

In addition to the extra packs of Amonkhet you can win at each event, we will also be awarding cool door prizes to randomly selected participants. Door prizes include, but are not limited to, promotional posters and standees from previous Magic: The Gathering sets!

Follow any of the three links below to reserve your spot in your preferred pre-release events:

Amonkhet Draft Weekend is your chance to build up your Amonkhet collection while enjoying draft format play with the local Magic community! Not only that, for each draft weekend event you participate in you will receive a special dated foil promo card!

Each team receives six packs and drafts together as teammates. This method of drafting results in packs being passed during six rounds of drafting. Participants draft in order to build their team’s card pool from which they construct two forty card minimum decks.

Join the Fanfare Amonkhet League to play with other members of the Magic community and have some fun!

League play is a fun way to build up a collection of the new set and enjoy casual play.

The league will run on Tuesdays from 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm starting on May 2nd and ending on May 23rd.

The Amonkhet League works as follows:

Players may join the league at any time. The league will run for a 4 week period.

To join the league, inform a Fanfare employee. You will then purchase 3 Amonkhet booster packs from which you can build a 30 card minimum deck (we provide land). In addition to the packs, you will also receive a special league card storage box and a league card to track your matches.

Every week, players will add a booster pack to their pool, rebuilding as often as players would like. Players can also add a booster after three losses.

Matches consist of a single game. Each player gets one free mulligan at the start of the game.

Players will play against each other, earning Planeswalker Points and, of course, bragging rights.

Players that participate in 10+ games will receive a special Amonkhet 4-sided die!

Additional prizes will be awarded for most new player referrals and at random.

Bring your best Standard deck and compete to become the Game Day Champion of Fanfare. Top finishers earn special prizes, including full-art promo cards and a playmat for the winner. All participants receive a special promo card!

Purchase 2016-17 Panini NBA products throughout March for your chance to win exclusive promotional packs, an autographed Reggie Jackson card (pictured below), and maybe even the grand prize, a day with an NBA Player along with a $250.00 shopping spree!

How to Play

Step 1 – You can enter by purchasing a pack of 2017 Panini brand NBA Cards. This includes popular brands such as Donruss, Hoops, Revolution and others. There is a no-purchase-necessary option as well (ask us to see the official rules for details).

Step 2 – To win, you must open a pack of cards you have purchased in front of a store employee. If you “pull” the highlighted Panini NBA Player of the Day or either of the Wild Cards (Kyle Irving, Kevin Durant) you are a daily winner and will receive two special promotional packs on the spot.

You can also become an automatic daily winner by purchasing a box of any eligible product.

Each time you are a daily winner you earn one raffle entry towards being that week’s “weekly winner”.

You can become a daily winner once a day and up to seven days a week.

Step 3 – Four times during the promotion we will randomly select one of the daily winners as a weekly prize winner and award a prize package from a prize kit provided by Panini. Weekly winners will then be put into a raffle to win the store’s grand prize, an autographed Reggie Jackson card.

Step 4 – At the conclusion of the 32-day promotion, we will randomly select one of the four weekly winners as the Panini NBA Player of the Month winner. The winner will be awarded the grand prize (an autographed Reggie Jackson card) and additional prizes from the prize kit.

Step 5 – The store grand prize winner will also be entered into the national sweepstakes with a chance to spend a day with an NBA player and a $250.00 shopping spree!

The second installment of the Kaladesh block is almost here and we hope you come and enjoy the fun with us!

Pre-Release events are on the weekend of January 14th-15th and for this release we are going to be giving out door prizes!We will randomly choose attendees during each event who will receive Standard Showdown packs in addition to their event winnings.

Door prizes aren’t the only new thing we are adding to our pre-release events. If you prefer to play in the 4-round packs-for-all matches we have good news.We have changed our packs-for-all prizing so that you have a chance to win not just 4 new packs of Aether Revolt, but instead you have a chance to win 5 brand new packs based on how you do.To learn more about this prizing structure, click on the links for either our Midnight event on Friday (technically Saturday, January 14th at 12:01 am), or on the link for our event at 10:00 am on Sunday, January 15th. If you prefer to play in the longer event for achance to win a full sealed box of Aether Revolt, you will probably want to reserve your seat in our Saturday event that takes place at 10:00 am.

The next Aether Revolt events will be the two Friday Night Magic events at 5:00 pm on Friday, January 20th. We will hold both a Standard Constructed event and a Booster Draft event (each player receiving 3 packs of Kaladesh with which to build a 40 card deck). These events do not require registration.

Our third type of event will be a Sealed Deck, Two-Headed Giant tournament at Noon on Saturday, January 21st.This event does not require registration.

The final event for Aether Revolt will be the Standard Constructed Game Day, held on Saturday, February 11th.This event does not require registration.

We are happy to be a participating store in Panini’s NFL Player of the Day Promotion. What is the Player of the Day Promotion? Well, it is your chance to win special promotional packs of Panini brand football cards and a chance for you to win our store’s grand prize, an autographed card of Taylor Decker (pictured below)!

How to Play

Step 1 – You can enter by purchasing a pack of 2016 Panini brand NFL Cards. This includes popular brands such as Score, Certified, Prestige and others. There is a no-purchase-necessary option as well (ask us to see the official rules for details).

Step 2 – To win, you must open a pack of cards you have purchased in front of a store employee. If you “pull” the highlighted Panini NFL Player of the Day or either of the Wild Cards (Andrew Luck or Dez Bryant) you are a daily winner and will receive two promotional packs on the spot. You can also become an automatic daily winner by purchasing a box of any eligible product. For each daily win you also will earn one raffle entry to be that week’s weekly prize winner. You may win once a day and up to seven days a week.

Step 3 – Four times during the promotion we will randomly select one of the daily winners as a weekly prize winner and award a prize package from a prize kit provided by Panini. Weekly winners will then be put into a raffle to win the store’s grand prize, an autographed Taylor Decker card.

Step 4 – At the conclusion of the 32-day promotion, we will randomly select one of the four weekly winners as the Panini NFL Player of the Month winner. The winner will be awarded the grand prize (an autographed Taylor Decker card) and additional prizes from the prize kit.

Step 5 – The grand prize winner will also be entered into the national sweepstakes with a chance to spend a day with an NFL player!

Panini 2015 NFL Player of the Day Promotion

We are happy to be a participating store in Panini’s NFL Player of the Day Promotion. What is the Player of the Day Promotion? Well, it is your chance to win special promotional packs of Panini brand football cards and a chance for you to win our store’s grand prize, an autographed card of Ameer Abdullah (pictured below)!

How to Play

Step 1 – You can enter by purchasing a pack of 2015 Panini brand NFL Cards. This includes popular brands such as Score, Donruss, Clear Vision, Prestige and others. There is a no-purchase-necessary option as well (ask us to see the official rules for details).

Step 2 – To win, you must open a pack you have purchased in front of a store employee. If you “pull” the highlighted Panini NFL Player of the Day or either of the Wild Cards (Andrew Luck or Dez Bryant) you win two promotional packs on the spot. For each win you also will earn one raffle entry to be that week’s weekly prize winner. You may win once a day and up to seven days a week.

Step 3 – Four times during the promotion we will randomly select one of the daily winners as a weekly prize winner and award a prize package from a prize kit provided by Panini. Weekly winners will then be put into a raffle to win the store’s grand prize, an autographed Ameer Abdullah card.

Step 4 – At the conclusion of the 32-day promotion, we will randomly select one of the four weekly winners as the Panini NFL Player of the Month winner. The winner will be awarded the grand prize (an autographed Ameer Abdullah card) and additional prizes from the kit.

Step 5 – The grand prize winner will also be entered into the national sweepstakes with a chance to spend a day with an NFL player!

Here is your guide to all of the new DCU #1’s hitting the shelves this June!

(Please note that all dates are based on solicitations and may be subject to scheduling changes)

On Sale June 3:

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1
Update: This book has been rescheduled for a June 17th release Written by Bryan Hitch Art by Bryan Hitch and Wade Von Grawbadger 56 pg, $5.99 US • RATED T It’s massive widescreen JUSTICE LEAGUE action and adventure from superstar writer/artist Bryan Hitch! In this extra-sized debut issue, the League comes up against an armada of aliens heading for Earth that claims to be a peaceful religious tribe. But something sinister is lurking in their ranks…something with ties to ancient Krypton!

BAT-MITE #1 Written by Dan Jurgens Art by Corin Howell 32 pg, 1 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED E Bat-Mite is here to fix the DC Universe – one hero at a time! Convinced that he’s the imp that put Batman on the map, he’s spreading his expertise all over the DC Universe, eager to boost the careers of heroes he thinks need his “help.” Don’t miss the start of this six-issue all-ages miniseries!

BATMAN BEYOND #1Written by Dan JurgensArt by Bernard Chang 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T At last, Batman Beyond gets his own ongoing series in THE definitive future of the DCU! But this isn’t the Beyond you think you know! With the Justice League missing and without Bruce to guide him, this new Batman will need to explore this bizarre world on his own while fighting to raise humanity from an opponent that’s already won. The heroes Batman knew have failed, the world he knew has been turned on its head, and every step he takes will lead him either toward finding home – or further down the road of disaster!

BIZARRO #1 Written by Heath Corson Art by Gustavo Duarte 32 pg, 1 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED E “Hate HARLEY QUINN? Then you will super hate BIZARRO! Bizarro star of worstest comic ever! Go ahead and miss it! If there’s one thing this issue not have it these two things: Jimmy Olsen and Chupacabras!” Don’t miss the start of this six-issue all-ages miniseries!

MIDNIGHTER #1 Written by Steve Orlando Art by ACO 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T+ Spinning out of GRAYSON comes a solo series starring the man who can predict your every move… but no one will be able to predict what he’ll do next! A theft at the God Garden has unleashed a wave of dangerous biotech weapons on the world, and Midnighter intends to put that genie back in the bottle by any means necessary. But something else was stolen from the Garden as well…the secret history of Lucas Trent, the man Midnighter once was!

THE OMEGA MEN #1 Written by Tom King Art by Alec Morgan 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T+ The Omega Men are back in an all-new series! They’ve murdered White Lantern Kyle Rayner and now, the universe wants them to pay! Who are these intergalactic criminals – and is there more to their actions than meets the eye?

On Sale June 10:

STARFIRE #1 Written by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti Art by Emanuela Lupacchino 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T. From the writers of the outrageous smash hit HARLEY QUINN comes former Outlaw Starfire in her all-new ongoing series! She’s an alien warrior princess trying to find peace on Earth, and she’ll fight anyone and anything to get it!

CONSTANTINE: THE HELLBLAZER #1Written by Ming DoyleArt by Riley Rossmo32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T+
The dark adventures of DC’s foremost occult detective continue in an all-new series as he investigates the cruelest case he’s ever come across – his own dark history!

EARTH 2: SOCIETY #1Written by Daniel WilsonArt by Jorge Jimenez32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED TThe survivors of Earth-2’s war with Apokolips find themselves on a new world, but can Green Lantern, Power Girl, a new Batman and the other heroes of Earth-2 create a new world that’s better than the last, or will their interference and good intentions doom this world, just like the old one?

RED HOOD/ARSENAL #1 Written by Scott Lobdell Art by Denis Medri 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T These brothers in arms face off against incredible odds while burning their way through the underbelly of the DC Universe – and it’s only a matter of time until they get gunned down in return!

SECTION 8 #1 Written by Garth Ennis Art by John McCrea 32 pg, 1 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T+ The greatest super heroes of all time, unseen since the end of the hit series HITMAN, have returned for the greatest super hero story ever told! Befuddled hero Sixpack returns to Gotham City, desperate to rebuild the all-star team known as Section Eight in the face of a deadly threat. He gathers old friends Bueno Excellente, Baytor and the seemingly reborn Dogwelder, along with some new faces – but he still needs that elusive eighth member. And that’s when the Dark Knight Detective gets an offer he can’t refuse in part one of this unforgettable six-issue miniseries.

On Sale June 17:

BLACK CANARY #1 Written by Brenden Fletcher Art by Annie Wu 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T Dinah Lance hits the road! After years as a soldier and vigilante, the LAST place Dinah saw herself is on stage…but she’s quickly learning she’d die to protect the gang of misfits she’s fallen into. And she just might have to – for some reason, the newly rechristened band Black Canary seems to be a magnet for trouble…and Dinah’s not gonna believe it when she finds out the reason why! Martial arts, super-spies, and rock ‘n’ roll combine, from Brenden Fletcher (BATGIRL) and Annie Wu (Hawkeye)!

DOOMED #1 Written by Scott Lobdell Art by Javier Fernandez 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T In this startling new series, a Metropolis U student gains the power to transform into the monstrously powerful Doomsday! The power may be the key to fixing his life, but every time he transforms he risks getting stuck forever as Superman’s most heinous adversary! How far can he go before he’s doomed?

FATE #1Written by Paul Levitz Art and cover by Sonny Liew 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T You thought global warming was bad? Anubis, the Egyptian Lord of Dead, is preparing the flood to wash the world away. Standing in his way? An overwhelmed Brooklyn med student who’s been handed the helmet of Fate, without an instruction manual.

HARLEY QUINN AND POWER GIRL #1Written by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and JUSTIN GRAY Art by Stephane Roux 32 pg, 1 of 6, $3.99 US • RATED T Hey, remember the panel gutter between panels 3 and 4 of page 20 of HARLEY QUINN #12? What? You DON’T? It’s only, like, the most memorable panel gutter of the twenty-first century. Well, either way, have we got the miniseries for you, in which the full tale of that momentous and momentary pause can be told! It’s a cosmic adventure beyond your wildest imaginings: Power Girl and Harley Quinn, stranded in a forgotten dimension, on the homeworld of the amorous warlord Vartox! They’ll sacrifice anything they have to in order to get home…except their dignity! Kidding! That’ll be the first thing to go.

MARTIAN MANHUNTER #1 Written by Rob Williams Art by Eddy Barrows Eber Ferreira 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T+ Shape-shifting Martians are invading Earth – so where is J’onn J’onzz to stop them? Trust no one as the Martian Manhunter tries to stop these ruthless alien terrorists from destroying everything!

PREZ #1 Written by Mark Russell Art by Ben Caldwell 32 pg, 1 of 12, $2.99 US • RATED T Meet Beth Ross, the first teenaged President of the United States. In a nation where corporations can run for office, the poor are used as human billboards, and tacos are delivered by drone, our only hope is this nineteen-year-old Twitter sensation. But the real question isn’t whether she’s ready for politics – it’s whether politics is ready for her. Don’t miss the start of this new, 12-issue miniseries!

ROBIN: SON OF BATMAN #1 Written by Patrick Gleason Art by Patrick Gleason and Mick Gray 32 pg, $3.99 US • RATED T The son of a Bat and a Demon, Damian al Ghul has set out to forge his own destiny – and atone for the shameful Year of Blood! Will he be aided or hindered by the behemoth Goliath? And what mysterious legacy trails behind him? Join writer/artist Patrick Gleason as he chronicles the globe-hopping adventures of ROBIN: SON OF BATMAN!

On Sale June 24:

WE ARE…ROBIN #1 Written by Lee Bermejo Art by Rob Haynes and Khary Randolph 32 pg, $3.99 US • RATED T Spinning out of the pages of BATMAN! The teenagers of Gotham City have adopted the “R” and made it their own. A new Robin? No, HUNDREDS of new Robins! Don’t miss the start of this new series from rising star writer Lee Bermejo (JOKER, SUICIDERS), who also provides the covers!

GREEN LANTERN: THE LOST ARMY #1 Written by Cullen Bunn Art by Jesus Saiz 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T Imagine waking up in a strange place where you didn’t recognize anything, and everyone you knew and loved was nowhere to be found. Now imagine that you are a Green Lantern. The rest of the Corps is missing, you don’t know where you are and there’s not a Power Battery to be found for as far as your ring can scan. Where are you? How did you get here? Those are just two of the many questions facing our heroes. Starring John Stewart, Two-Six, Kilowog and Arisia, and featuring a surprise guest-star we promise you’ll never predict, LOST ARMY is an incredible journey of discovery, survival, morality and heartbreak. Never has the Corps been challenged in this way – and not everyone is going to make it home!

JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001 #1 Written by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis Art by Howard Porter 32 pg, $2.99 US • RATED T Travel even deeper into the future than before with the all-new JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001! They’ve managed to become the World’s Greatest Heroes of the 30th century, but with legions of foes gunning for them, can they stay alive long enough to see the year 3002?